My personal KDM list 2
• 2010 Oullim Motors Spirra (Korea’s first mid-engine sports car.)
• 2008 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 380 GT (3.8 V6)
• 2017 Kia Stinger GT 3.3T AWD
• 2018 Hyundai Veloster N (The first N model released in Korea.)
• 2016 Hyundai Avante Sport 1.6 T-GDi (Hyundai Elantra Sport in the U.S.)
• 2021 Hyundai Avante N (Hyundai Elantra N in the U.S.)
• 2021 Hyundai Kona N
• 2017 Genesis G70 3.3T (Watch out: the fastest sports sedan in Korea, even used as an unmarked police car.)
• 1999 Daewoo Magnus (Powered by the XK6, Korea’s and Daewoo’s first independently developed inline-six engine.)
• 1990 1st-gen Hyundai Elantra 1.6 DOHC (The same engine as the Mitsubishi Mirage Cyborg's 4G61.)
• 1991 Daewoo Prince (Korean Holden Commodore cousin)
• 1992 Kia Potentia (It was popular as a drift car in Korea.)
• 1992 Kia Sephia (Kia’s and Korea’s first model with an independently developed body and chassis; Korea’s first fully independently developed car is the 1994 Hyundai Accent.)
• 1993 1st-gen Kia Sportage (The world’s first urban SUV, and completed the 1993 Paris-Dakar Rally.)
• 1991 Hyundai Galloper (Mitsubishi Pajero-based, and popular among younger Koreans for restoration projects.)
• 1993 SsangYong Musso (Famous in Korea for its Dakar Rally runs and Mercedes-Benz engines: OM601/OM602 diesels and the M104 inline-six.)
• 2001 SsangYong Rexton (In my opinion, popular for its beautiful design.)
Remembering Wayne Bell, who challenged the world’s best as a Hyundai rally driver in the early 1990s.
English subtitles are available in the settings, but I recommend turning them off during the English interview segments because they are not accurate.
Korean kei truck selling grilled chicken skewers
Daewoo Labo (Daewoo Motors, now GM Korea)
Kia Potentia (pre-facelift): a boring Korean luxury sedan turned into a crazy drift machine?
1992 Kia Potentia
Kia Potentia: a boring Korean luxury sedan turned into a crazy drift machine?
1997 Kia New Potentia (facelifted model)
My personal KDM list
Just a personal list of KDM cars I put together.
- 2011 Hyundai Genesis Prada 5.0 V8 (closest US equivalent: Genesis 5.0 R-Spec)
- 1996 Kia Elan
- 1987 Kia Concord
- 1991 Daewoo LeMans Irmscher (Pontiac LeMans in the US)
- 1990 Hyundai Scoupe
- 1997 Hyundai Pro Accent 1.5 DOHC TGR
- 1996 Hyundai Tiburon
- 2001 Hyundai Tuscani 2.7 ELISA V6 (sold as the Hyundai Tiburon in the US)